EHD is back..AGAIN!

[bucksnbears]

Dont know about deer but the MN DNR used to get with Bear Guides along with knowing where larger populations of bears are and put Mineral blocks treated with Anti-tic chemicals and other diseases out in the Spring and continued all summer long. Weird they have no answer for EHD or CWD

I've never heard that ?
And I really doubt that.

 

[Kurtr]

Did some further reading and sounds relatively common to add garlic or sulphur to cattle feed at sufficient rate to create a body odor which deters biting insects.

Seems like it could be effective on a captive deer population but dubious on wild deer herd. To create and maintain body odor deterrent would require frequent or constant feeding on garlic-infused feed or minerals. Garlic/sulphur concentration has to be high enough to have an impact without being so strong as to make unappealing to wild deer with other food options. One might smell like an Indian trucker within a few hours after a visit to the Clay Oven lunch buffet but that is resolved by the following day.

As the root cause is cattle which are much more feasible to manage, treating cattle is likely a better bet.

Last time we had an out break buddy put a bunch of blocks at the few water holes left on his property. Neighbors found a lot of dead deer around there waterholes and he only found a couple. More guys started doing it and they said they can’t quantify it but feel they are seeing less than the people that don’t put them out .

 

[guywhofishes]

does fleetfarm or tractor supply carry them?